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Kirundi vs Turkish


Turkish vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
11  
5

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Turkey  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
-  
Turkish Language Association  

Interesting Facts
  • Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
  • Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Urakoze  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
günaydın  

Please
Ndagusavye  
lütfen  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
üzgünüm  

Bye
N’agasaga  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Ha  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
rundi  
turc  

German Name
Kirundi  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Turkish  

History

Origin
1500  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
86  
99+
19  
17

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
tur  

ISO 639 3
run  
tur  

ISO 639 6
run  
tur  

Glottocode
rund1242  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
No data available  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Kirundi and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Turkish language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Kirundi and Turkish Language History.

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Kirundi and Turkish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Kirundi and Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Turkish language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kirundi vs Turkish Difficulty

The Kirundi vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Turkish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Kirundi and Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is 36 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.

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